TEN (10) countries with the highest number of participants ……

Presentations:

No. of oral papers: 933

No. of poster papers: 1,153

 

Registration Information:

No. of countries: 101

No. of registered participants: 2,428

 

Where are they from??

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** Side Events Schedule **

Side Events are independent meetings organized by various groups or organizations. Discussions include topics on carbon issues, forest management and conservation of forest resources. Participation in these meetings are either by invitation or open to all participants. These events will be held on August 24th (Tue) and 25th (Wed) between 18:30 to 20:30. Find out more about the schedule and overview of these meetings in the attached file below:

Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentations

Presenters are advised to read the guidelines thoroughly and adhere to the recommendations for effective presentation.  

** ORAL PRESENTERS **

Note: 1) Visit Speaker’s Room FOUR (4) hours before session begins

2) Prepare presentation file in MS-PowerPoint (English)  

Click HERE for guidelines on your oral presentation (s). 

 

  ** POSTER PRESENTERS **

Note: 1) Poster size is AO (119cm X 84cm)

2) Check poster number and session type (click here)

Click HERE for guidelines on your poster presentation (s). 

IUFRO 2010_Booth Layout

The allocation of booths in the Exhibition Hall has been announced.

Find out who will be there….

 

** Attention Exhibitors **

Please provide the necessary information as required in the Exhibitor’s Manual.

Click on the link below for the manual:

IUFRO 2010_Exhibitor’s Manual

Guidelines on Poster Preparation

 

Size: AO (84cm X 119cm)

Orientation: Portrait (Vertical)

Language: English (preferred), Spanish, French or German

For more tips on poster preparation, click on the link below:

IUFRO_2010_Poster_Sessions_Guidelines

Keynote presentations will be delivered every morning in Plenary Sessions (except Thursday) by distinguished and internationally reknowned experts.

Ko Un, currently the Chair Professor at Dankook University, is the author of more than 60 books (poetry & novels) that are translated into 25 languages worldwide. He was also awarded 15 prestigious literature prizes both at national and international levels. Some of his reknowned works include Collected Poems, Collected Literary Works of Ko Un, Mountain Paekdu (grand epic poem) and Maninbo (Ten Thousand Lives). His message on “Forest is short; Desert is long” will be presented on Monday (August 23).

 

Frances Seymour, Director General of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), has founded and directed the  Institutions and Governance Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, DC. At WRI, she co-authored several WRI publications on sustainable development and has contributed to many other publications on forestry, environmental and development issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She will address the Congress  on “Forests, climate change, and communities: Making progress up the learning curve”  on Tuesday (August 24).

 

Jose Joaquin Campos Arce, Director General of CATIE, is currently overseeing about 100 R&D projects in 17 countries in Latin America. He is also a member of the External Advisory Group (forestry) of the World Bank and is now serving as a Chairman in the Board of Directors of the Iberoamerican Network of Model Forests. With 30 years of professional experience and more than 100 publications, he will speak on Wednesday (August 25) on “Integrating scales and sectors to foster sustainable livelihoods, forests and landscapes“.

 

Elinor Ostrom was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009. Being the first woman to win the prize in economics, Professor Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington. Gaining worldwide recognition on her research and scholarship, she will be speaking on “The potential role of communities in sustaining forest resources” on Friday (August 27).

 

Peter Shaw Ashton is Charles Bullard Professor Emeritus of Forestry at Harvard University and has received the Award of Environmental Achievement of the USEPA. With keen interest in monographic and field studies of Dipterocarpaceae as well as conservation and sustainable use of tropical forests, he will be addressing the Congress with a presentation entitled “The disasterous trajectory of rain forests: Research imperatives” on Saturday (August 28).

 

Read more on the Plenary Sessions in the official XXIII IUFRO Congress website.

Every month until the Congress, a newsletter will be published with some of the important updates and other relevant information. Electronic copies of the newletters are available online.

Please visit the official website of the XXIII IUFRO Congress:

http://www.iufro2010.com/

or click on the following link for the latest (19 August) issue:

Newsletter19 Agust 2010

Who are the Exhibitors ??

 

 

 

 

 

Volumes of information and interesting exhibits from the exhibitors. They include….

 

About half a century ago, the Korean War had devastated most forests in Korea but a thorough planning and sheer determination by every Korean brought successful reforestation.  Currently, with forests covering 65% of its territory, Korea is eager to share its experience and know-how with the world particularly during the XXIII IUFRO World Congress.

IUFRO_2010_NEWS_RELEASE_(3)

Baekdu-daegan is the habitat to 54 protected species or about 46% of Korea’s total plant species. The  mountain range boasts not only as a biodiversity hotspot but success in reforestation. The “Seminar on the Baekdu-daegan” was attended by about 1,000 participants where Ko Un, a prominent Poet and Keynote Speaker of the Congress, shared a lecture. Click on the link below to read more:

NEWS_RELEASE_2_Baekdudaegan_June_2010